Alright so im thinking about getting the Radeon R9 270x , but i have a crappy CPU, i have a AMD A6-3650, now ill my CPU bottleneck the R9 and if it does how bad will it be. There is also a second option i buy a AMD FX-6350 and use my current gpu (HD 7770). I also want to know which things price goes down the most throughout the year, the cpu price or the gpu price?
Will it bottleneck?
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if you are planning to upgrade the cpu within 6 months then you shouldn't care about bottleneck 
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If you are switching to the FX 6350 you will need a new motherboard (AM3+) If you dont already have one. If you are going to be switching platforms and you are worried about bottlenecking then I would suggest the Intel i5. Your RAM will still work on the new motherboard and the i5 is a powerhouse for the money. Its only slightly more then a FX6350 and it has much better temps.
I have a FM1 board with the A6-3650 but if i get a new cpu ill get a new motherboard too, the FX-6350 and a motherboard will be around $185 but what im thinking is that i should buy the R9 270X now and then during the newegg Christmas/after Christmas sale i can buy the cpu and motherboard because i looked at the Christmas/after Christmas sale from 2013 and they had more motherboards and CPU's for sale than Graphics cards so maybe that would work.
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